**#A quick edit to address something important and provide a disclaimer: **
Thank you all for your feedback! This project was “vibecoded” with Cloude AI and serves more as a “proof of concept” for what could be achieved with AI assistance. I’m just a tech enthusiast, and I’m excited to continue exploring new possibilities. I understand there’s a real concern about “AI Slop,” but that’s exactly why I’m sharing this project with you all so that experts who are interested in the idea can offer guidance or even help improve it.
I’ve noticed that many people with home labs prefer to update their applications manually instead of relying on other apps that automate the process. Often, they have to check each one individually. That’s where Vigil comes in. The primary function of Vigil is to centralize the information and give users clear visibility of which applications are outdated, their current version, and the newer version available from several sources. This way, you can decide what and when to update.
To be honest, I hope it ends up being useful to others as it is for me.
If you have a few minutes, I’d really appreciate you trying it out and leaving a review or suggestions on the repo or even here. I’d do my best to answer most of the comments.
Hi ramielrowe. You made great points here. I’m definitely stepping out of my area of expertise. I also understand that when comes to LLM we must not blindly follow/accept things and having some previous knowledge on the topic you intend to work with, gives you much better results and allow you to spot inconsistencies or more importantly, mistakes. I’m aware of the “positive feedback” that is pretty evident specially on ChatGPT, that’s why I try my best to challenge it. I completely understand your analogy on “cognitive debt”. It’s pretty similar to a reinforcing learning process on humans. If you teach people the “wrong way” and keep reinforcing that without any correction, you know the results.
Regarding the code quality, I’m pretty sure it isn’t top notch, that’s why I’m sharing it here so people who really understand it can point out the flaws and suggest improvements. What I’ve learned so far from the feedback in the comments, is that I need to improve the way I communicate my ideas and the purpose of the application. Since this is my first project, and I’m not very familiar with the dev & tech community, I’m learning the do’s and don’ts along the way.
My impression is that you are coming in completely fresh on all of this and you were expecting everyone else to look at your project and tell you what needs to happen to fix it. That is not learning, that is other people telling you what to do. Nor the realities of the internet. We aren’t your teachers and what you need is instruction. Not minor feedback, not suggestions, actual instruction. I have a few suggestions if you are actually serious:
There are entire college degrees on these topics. And I’m not saying you have to go to college. But, If you’re not even willing to read a couple books, then you don’t really want to learn.
Funny enough, teaching is my area of expertise, so I think I get where you’re coming from. But I also think it’s important to remember that there are a ton of ways to learn, and at the end of the day, only the person learning knows how deep they want to go with a given topic. That comment, “We aren’t your teachers, and what you need is instruction,” kinda comes off as condescending, but maybe I’m just reading it wrong. “We” means a lot of people, but not everyone.
I’m sure the books you suggested are great for building the basics, but assuming what someone’s willing to do or not just based on a quick post doesn’t really take the full picture into account. It’s like drawing. You don’t need to be the next Da Vinci just because you enjoy it. You can have fun, draw simple stuff, and share it with people. You might not end up in a museum, but that’s totally fine. Not everyone needs to be an expert to enjoy what they do. However, learning the basics definitely helps to draw better, right?